Watford v Southampton Arsenal/Chelsea v Sheffield Utd OK, with Dirty Leeds out it's pretty much all out there for us to take, isn't it? No disrespect to Soton, but I think Leeds, despite their terrible season, are scarier than the Saints. Anyway, there's still the little matter of a replay...
Time and place, TV unlikely If we beat Chelsea we'll play Sheffield United at Old Trafford on Sunday, April 13. The match will be carried live on BBC1 at 1 p.m. local time (8 a.m. ET, making it unlikely that it will be the game made available on PPV in North America). The Watford v Southampton tie will take place at Villa Park later on the same day, kick-off 4 p.m. (11 a.m. ET), carried live by Sky Sports.
Quite right. Lets win the replay at Stamford Bridge before we begin an in depth analysis of possible opponents. Still can't belive we blew it on the weekend, leave it to Arsenal to never make things easy on themselves!! Still, I know we can win the replay if the team bothers to show up in mind as well as in body. Chelsea while nowhere near as good as they were three years ago still have plenty of usefull players and are well capable of beating Arsenal if the AFC players take preperation for the game too lightly. And yes I much prefer to play the blades in the semi's than Leeds or even Southampton.
One game at a time.....I know but did anyone watch the Mighty United beat Leeds? I fell asleep about a dozen times watching that adult league kick around. Leeds ought to be ashamed, especially Kewell and Smith who were gifted chances time and time again.
F.A. Cup replay Not so fast lads. The Arse doesn't make much money (if any) from the FA Cup. Coming off what will be a tough match against Everton and the Euro qualifiers coming up, to play this replay on 25 March is crazy. I doubt seriously they will field their best squad. It will probably be reserves against Chelsea's best. We probably won't make it through to the next round.
I think they will field a strong team for the Chelsea replay. Maybe not all of the first team but most of them. They're too close now to play all reserves. While the FA Cup isn't our top priority, it would be nice to have the first trophy under our belts.
Hee hee hee, me too! I also thought that SU's technical ability was eerily reminiscent of my coed indoor team. However, their pace and effort was very impressive and I felt it was the real difference between the 2 teams. Every time an SU player did something stupid to lose the ball he immediately worked his butt off to get it back. If we beat Chelsea, I wouldn't take these guys too lightly.